How many kms does your Subaru have?
- last celtic warrior
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Unsure how many kms my Subie would have on it. I'm guessing somewhere in the vacinity of maybe 400,000 to 500,000 km. But that isn't really anything worth considering, as the car has had a full rebuild and fresher parts are always replacing older ones. The other thing is the motor, which I believe is the original one from this car, but has had some use (till he couldn't trust it to stay running if he went outside town) in Rick's car (rtcb65 on here). He threw it my way when his new motor was built because I had just had two motors blow up on me and needed yet another. This motor is going stronger than ever now, while all I've done to it is work it hard (high revs with custom auto controler) and clock up lots of hard highway miles on it since halfway through last year.
I think Subies could just about last forever if you excersize them regularly and look after their health.
Impressive high mileage would go to the old Peugeot wagon I had for 10 years before the Subie. It had somewhere near 400,000 km on it when I bought it where it had sat for a year on the side of the street in Brissie. Put a battery in it and drove it to the nearest servo for the 200 km drive home. I put another 290,000 km or so on it and never ever had the sump plug out, even after blowing the head gasket and another time replacing the eaten out head. It cost me around $200 in maintenance the entire time I had it and was pranged/crashed a number of times (would have easily been a write off each time if it was insured), regularly crossed a local river (water lapping over the bonnet at times), towed things that no other car we had around could manage, did a problem free trip to Tassie and back towing my beach buggy on an A-frame and fully loaded and returned more fully loaded with the buggy loaded as well as a full roofrack crammed with furniture (in 2 easy days). The most impressive part would be the brakes. When I sold it, it still had the brakes that I got it with, and I'd only just replaced the front pads after all those years. Could not kill that car nomatter how hard I tried, and I tried pretty damned hard...
I think Subies could just about last forever if you excersize them regularly and look after their health.
Impressive high mileage would go to the old Peugeot wagon I had for 10 years before the Subie. It had somewhere near 400,000 km on it when I bought it where it had sat for a year on the side of the street in Brissie. Put a battery in it and drove it to the nearest servo for the 200 km drive home. I put another 290,000 km or so on it and never ever had the sump plug out, even after blowing the head gasket and another time replacing the eaten out head. It cost me around $200 in maintenance the entire time I had it and was pranged/crashed a number of times (would have easily been a write off each time if it was insured), regularly crossed a local river (water lapping over the bonnet at times), towed things that no other car we had around could manage, did a problem free trip to Tassie and back towing my beach buggy on an A-frame and fully loaded and returned more fully loaded with the buggy loaded as well as a full roofrack crammed with furniture (in 2 easy days). The most impressive part would be the brakes. When I sold it, it still had the brakes that I got it with, and I'd only just replaced the front pads after all those years. Could not kill that car nomatter how hard I tried, and I tried pretty damned hard...
Steve.
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Will do when I get the camera out next.Dougie wrote:just realised this is a old thread but pic of your motors and mileage would be cool
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Subarus have always lasted longer than what you think, if you look after it, Subaru will look after you!Cliff R wrote:OMG !!!!
How amazing are these figures.
My MY 1982 touring wagon only has 236,666 k's and they are original too.
No wonder people say at 250,000 and the motor is just run in.
Be nice to have our KIA Carnival do the same figures (yer right)
Mine is nearly 300,000kms and have the feeling she'll go beyond 450,000kms and that is my goal...
Cheers
AP
Subarus that I have/had:
1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic
1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic
have to say that I agree with that AP, I got mine (my first Suby) at 300,000 and did a comp check to find that it was all to spec, then checked with both previous owners and no major engine work has ever been done, and now another 30,000 later it still doesnt use any oil to speak so I am beginning to see why they have such a good reputation. Here is mine at Mitta at Easter.
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